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2015-04-09
, 12:40
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@ Brittany, France
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#1112
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I am in France (using Free) and have not seen bad signal with solaroh. I live in a dense area so signal is always quite strong anyway so not sure that this is a good place to test.
Next time I am going to some place where signal is weak, I will try to think about testing with that toh...
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2015-04-09
, 12:52
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@ Czech Republic
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#1113
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Could be. Or else it is just GPS+inertial without anything magnetic...
(If it is something to do with GPS then it would require the device to move a little in order for the GPS to record the diretion it is going... then inertial/acceleration fix to determine which way is the north-pointing edge... fairly complex operation.)
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2015-04-09
, 13:14
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#1114
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Currently 48 TOHKBDs left in the shop.
When the time comes to assemble I will go in priority order mentioned before, funkyoh orders last. Like every other project, this is a batch process. So after the batch, no more.
I will have lot of spares left though, which means I will be offering TOHKBD in kit form, casings not included, some soldering and assembling.
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2015-04-09
, 13:17
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@ UK
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I just HAD to try it. My Jolla's compass did not react to the magnet at all. And I tried VERY hard, from all sorts of angles and positions. The compass in a colleague's smart watch went completely berserk from about 50cm distance.
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2015-04-09
, 13:32
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Joined on Oct 2014
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Indeed - GPS only gives you you current coordinates and that's it. To get direction of travel (and you can infer where is north from that) you need to move at some speed - from my experience it needs to be at least regular walking speed.
But that would still not work - you can turn Jolla off, turn it back on and even with disabled GPS it will still show you where is north, even when being rotated repeatedly. So the compass in the Jolla is definitely using the Earth magnetic field for reference, with possible help from other sensors to get better results.
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2015-04-09
, 14:37
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@ Czech Republic
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#1117
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I take it back. I definitely fooled my Jolla when I tried calibrating the compass with a (small and not very strong) magnet attached. So much so that it took another two calibration attempts to get it back to normal. So it looks like it does use a magnetic sensor but may do something like a long-time average to compensate for fluctuations. This may be a bad news for TOHKBD with magnets permanently attached.
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2015-04-09
, 17:57
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@ Holland
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#1118
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2015-04-09
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@ UK
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2015-04-09
, 19:20
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Joined on Feb 2013
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#1120
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